NGC2831 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC2831 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:19 (EDT), 75° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:17, 81° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:17, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC2831
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 315
Position
Right ascension:09h19m [2]
Declination:+33°44' [2]
Constellation:Lynx
Magnitude:13.38 (V) [2]
14.41 (B) [2]
Hubble type:E
Distance:74.5 Mpc
242.7 Mlyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):1.03
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.98

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